# ENNIS, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Dismissed By Tribunal
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35455`
- **Case Number:** 06-1992-0109
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Dismissed By Tribunal
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ENNIS, CITY OF (complaint)
## Summary

EPA REGION VI SEEKS AN EMERGENCY REFERRAL FOR INJUNCTIVE     RELIEF IN WEST DALLAS LEAD LITIGATION IN WHICH THE           REGION ANTICIPATES THE IMMINENT NEED FOR THE DOJ TO          COMMENCE A CIVIL ACTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH A          REQUEST FOR ACCESS PURSUANT TO SECTION 104(E) OF             CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604(E).                                   *                                                            THE REGION DETERMINED THAT CONTINUED HUMAN EXPOSURE TO       WASTE MATERIALS AT THE WEST DALLAS LEAD SITE (SITE) IN       DALLAS, TEXAS CONSTITUTES AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL        ENDANGERMENT, PARTICULARLY TO CHILDREN AND PREGNANT          WOMEN.  THEREFORE, THE AGENCY HAS AUTHORIZED AN              EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION AT THE SITE PURSUANT TO THE         AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 104(A) OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.          9604(A).  THAT ACTION INVOLVES THE EXCAVATION OF             CONTAMINATED MATERIAL.  PRIOR TO SHIPMENT OFF-SITE,          THE MATERIAL IS ANALYZED PURSUANT TO THE RESOURCE            CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901         ET SEQ., AND SEGREGATED AS HAZARDOUS DETERMINATION           MADE PURSUANT TO THE RCRA ANALYSIS.                          *                                                            THE OFF-SITE DISPOSAL OF SOIL AND DEBRIS IS AN INTEGRAL      PART OF THE REMOVAL ACTION AT THE WEST DALLAS SITE.          EPA IS USING THE RSR SMELTER BATCH HOUSE (BATCH HOUSE)       AT THE SITE FOR CONSOLIDATION AND AN

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